Which divisions?

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Larso
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Which divisions?

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Post by Larso » 29 Mar 2021, 12:57

Can anyone tell me which division the following authors served with?

Radio Operator on the Eastern Front by Erhard Steiniger (???) 320p, June 2021

We Will be Free by Thomas, Karl (???) 215p, 2015.

Death March into Russia by Lothar Hermann/Klaus Willman (Captured 1944) 256p,2019

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Re: Which divisions?

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Post by Isee8836 » 30 Mar 2021, 10:55

The first book is an English translation of "Als Funker an den Brennpunkten der Front: Mit dem Infanterieregiment 151 der 61. Infanteriedivision in Russland, im Baltikum und Ostpreußen". As you may have seen, for most part of his military career, the author served in the 151st Infantry Regiment of the 61st Infantry Division.


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Post by Larso » 30 Mar 2021, 14:19

Thanks!

Have you read it? Is it any good?

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Post by Isee8836 » 30 Mar 2021, 15:07

Larso wrote:
30 Mar 2021, 14:19
Thanks!

Have you read it? Is it any good?
Not yet……
Just interested in it, and did some search-works…… :)

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Re: Which divisions?

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Post by Larso » 10 Jan 2022, 12:20

Werner Kleine wrote Nightmare: War memories, an ordinary soldiers Notes (Alptraum: Kriegserinnerungen - Aufzeichnungen eines einfachen Soldaten)

It's in German and the translation feature hasn't given me a lot. The blurb says -

Werner Kleine wurde 1922 in Leipzig geboren. Wie die meisten seiner Generation, war er gezwungen als Soldat am Zweiten Weltkrieg teilzunehmen. Nach Ende des Krieges arbeitete er zunächst als selbstständiger Handelsvertreter und gründete 1946 eine Großhandlung für Papier, Bürobedarf und Schreibwaren. Nach der Verstaatlichung seiner Firma 1953 floh er in den Westen Deutschlands, von dort emigrierte er nach Venezuela, kehrte aber einige Jahre später nach Deutschland zurück und lebt heute in Meckenheim bei Bonn. Als stets wacher und kritischer Geist veröffentlichte er seine Erinnerungen an Krieg und Naziherrschaft in den zwei Büchern "Alptraum" und "Parole Heimat" als Mahnung an jüngere Generationen. Des weiteren sind erschienen 1998 "Weg von Deutschland" über die Flucht aus der DDR und die Emigration nach Venezuela und 2006 "Damals in Leipzig" über seine Kindheit und Jugend in der sächsischen Stadt.

Is anyone able to tell me the details (or knows) of Werner's service?

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Post by Larso » 10 Jan 2022, 12:35

And

KH Hartmann with Martina Schmid - '1941 - 1948: The Seven Longest Years of My Life'

He was on the east front, then in the SS. As he was captured by the Americans I'm guessing he was with one of the panzer divisions that fought in the west?

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Post by Larso » 06 Jul 2022, 12:42

Bump

Chasing still Ulrich Karl Thomas who wrote 'We will be free: Memoirs of an East Prussian Survivor'. Published 2015.

Anyone read it or knows which division he fought with?

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Post by Isee8836 » 07 Jul 2022, 11:17

Larso wrote:
06 Jul 2022, 12:42
Bump

Chasing still Ulrich Karl Thomas who wrote 'We will be free: Memoirs of an East Prussian Survivor'. Published 2015.

Anyone read it or knows which division he fought with?
214. Infanterie-Division
I found this by using Amazon's "look inside" function.

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Post by Larso » 09 Jul 2022, 14:28

Thank you! I'll bear that trick in mind for the future.

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